This week, Gordon goes on trial, provoking some angry feelings inside of Barbara, also known as the Batgirl. Batman begins to see parts of his earlier self inside her, mainly the anger at the injustice of Gotham. He might have to put investigating Gordon’s trial on hold to make sure that she isn’t about to do something stupid. Meanwhile, Bard struggles to stay afloat amidst the corruption of Gotham, Gordon’s troubles appear to only just be beginning and Stephanie, after finding out her father was the Cluemaster last issue, has no idea just how deep the conspiracy goes, and how much danger she is actually in.
Issue #3 of Tomb Raider starts off poorly, but by the end it wins you back over. The entire issue tackles what happened after the cliffhanger of the last comic. Lara and Reyes are surrounded by Matsu and his gang of Solarii worshipers. A gun is pressed to Reyes’ daughter’s head and the trigger will be pushed, unless Lara can give the location of an artifact she has no memory of taking. She has until the count of five..
Previously on Batman Eternal, we saw Jim Gordon go from hero to villain, when he fired at an unarmed suspect, resulting in a catastrophic accident in the Underground. Batman is hot on the trails of the culprit, seeing as the police aren’t asking too many questions. Last issue ended with Batman realising that Carmine Falcone had one of his men on the scene, and the reader learns that that same Falcone is now getting close to the Mayor, which is bound to cause some trouble for Gotham in the next, few issues.
Join Dan, Free & Jack as they discuss this week’s big news of Amazon buying ComiXology, the latest episode of Agents of SHIELD, 52 #15 and the best & worst comics. #HailHydra
I am going to come right out and say it. I didn’t like this particular episode of Harley Quinn. The irony of the whole situation is that I have been criticizing the comic for the last couple of issues, because they haven’t committed to a particular storyline. Each issue involves Harley showing up, smashing some things with a hammer and then job done. It turns out that Harley Quinn works best without a concrete plan in mind, because the plot-heavy issue #5 is too direct and to the point for the usual Harley comedy to come into play.
The fake French anti-hero returns to exact his revenge on the Freeless Defenders. Together they review a lot of comics in a short and sweet episode.
Welcome back to the Inter-Comics Indie Spotlight, this column aims to make you, the readers, aware of cool indie/crowd funded comic book creators and projects! Stepping up to the plate this time around, we have a Graphic Novella, Split from John Rodriguez or JAR and Mira Mortal. What Mira and JAR do is evoke a dark, tense, psychological story which sends a shiver along your spine and leaves a dark mark against your soul.
In the future, mankind is traversing the stars, speeding across the known universe between time and space at warp speeds. We are mining the universe for its resources, sending them back via freight to an earth resembling a “tumour breathing through a smokestack.” The crew of the mining ship Caliban believe this to be just a regular mission, a mind numbingly boring sub-space trip. As with all things apparently mind numbing and boring, something extreme and horrifyingly unexpected happens.
Coming in to this issue I didn’t know what to expect. I have seen the front cover advertised in previous ‘Bat’ comics, and I read the preview from Batman #28, but in all honesty I sort of didn’t know what to expect. I am happy to say that this seems like a welcome blend of suspense, action and mystery. I feel like I’m going to like this comic.
It’s finally arrived, Slott’s eagerly awaited step away from Spider-Man duties. With Silver Surfer, we are introduced to a surfer full of regret for his past indiscretions. Once the herald of Galactus, eater of worlds, now a free being, using his cosmic powers for the betterment of life throughout the known universe, Norrin Rad has much to atone for, but when he is unwittingly made the champion of an impossible city to help them battle the Queen of the never, things take a turn for the strange.
So I’m kind of ‘new’ to Marvel – always was a DC guy and have only recently started to give the big red company a go. I read Daredevil #1 and really enjoyed it, I thought that the first issue would be a perfect jumping on point. In issue #1 I read that Daredevil was now pretty public with his identity; a tad unusual I thought, but I suppose it makes a change from the secrecy stuff I read in the Batman titles.
We’re bringing back an awesome, Saturday morning cartoon style comic creator this time around, as we talk to Rob Turner, creator and writer of the webcomic Reynard City, an action packed, tongue in cheek romp with kickass foxes taking on robots, evil generals and such! They’re just gearing up to get Issue #24 to their Kickstarter people (plus also working on a bonus extra exclusive for them to make up for the delay!)
Before I start actually talking about the content of this book can I just say I love the front cover; I love the striking colours, I love the cropped Bat logo, I love the picture within a picture theme. I love this front cover. As much as I love the cover I also love the fact that this comic feels like a detective story. I have to say; I have felt that Batman doesn’t act too much of a detective in Detective Comics. I feel this creative team is bringing some of that back.
This week the team look at Captain America: The Winter Soldier, so expect spoilers (The review is at the end of the podcast). They also look at the comic that inspired the film. On top of all the Cap goodness, there is the usual discussions about news items and the weekly comics.
Free makes her triumphant return! Jack raves about a DC team up and laments about how bad the X-Books can be. Meanwhile Dan is transmitting from inside a bin. It is all kicking off in this latest episode!